Tomorrow was suppose to mark the start of the Bucks season, but with the NBA lockout dragging on, NBA Commissioner David Stern cancelled the rest of the November games saying, “There will not be a full NBA season under any circumstance.” This happened after labor negotiations broke down again when both sides refused to budge on how to split the league’s revenues.Winter is upon us…which also means it’s time for Milwaukee’s indoor farmers markets. Opening season kicks off tomorrow at the Tommy Thompson Youth Center at the state fair park grounds. So from 8 to noon every Saturday you can find fresh farm products, local breads, chef demonstrations and educational programs.There are talks that Milwaukee might transform a former rail yard near the Harley-Davidson Museum, and turn it into a business park for water technology companies. The 17-acre area is known as Reed Street Yards and under Mayor Barrett’s Administration, work may begin in 2012. Federal officials are taking public comments and are reviewing Milwaukee’s environmental assessment for the downtown streetcar project. They want to find out potential effects of the system on the local economy, the population and nearby properties. There’s also a public hearing set on November 16th at the Frontier Airlines Center.In case you were wondering, Wisconsin is still the cheese capitol of the nation. A recent stat released this week shows that Wisconsin produced 219 million pounds of cheese during the month of September alone. And that specific stat on Wisconsin’s production accounts for one-forth of the nation’s production.

The two-time Grammy Award-winning opera Elmer Gantry returns to the Florentine stage with a new cast, on the heels of critical acclaim and standing ovations at performances across the nation.
Based on the popular Sinclair Lewis novel, this...

We had a very special treat this morning on 88NINE. Darryl McDaniel, better known as DMC of the legendary hip hop group Run DMC was on the phone this morning with Jordan. He is in Milwaukee for the Buck's Sneaker Summit. On Saturday,...

This year the 29th Annual Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival has stretched across two weekends, running October 16-26. This morning festival director and LGBT FILM Grand Puba, Carl Bogner stopped in to speak with the AMKE crew about the...